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TheTamingoftheShrew

TheTamingoftheShrew

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The Taming of the Shrew is written by William Shakespeare.AlthoughShakespeareisveryfamous,butweknowverylittleabouthim.The scanty facts of Shakespeare’s life come down to us from threesources:churchandlegalrecords,folktraditions,andthecommentsofhiscontemporaries.

WilliamShakespearewasbornonApril23,1564,inStratford-on-Avon,acharminglittletowninWarwickshire.Hisfather,JohnShakespeare,wasawellto-dotraderinwool,hidesandleathernarticles,andonceheldtheofficeofchiefalderman,equivalenttomayor.

AttheageofsevenWilliamwassenttothegrammarschoolwhichheattendedforsixyears.Hereadwidelyinthebookscurrentinhisdayandpickup“smallLatinandlessGreek.”

WhenShakespearewasfourteen,hisfatherfellintodebt,andtheboyprobablyleftschoolandbecameacountryschoolmaster,tohelpsupporthisfamily.

In 1582 Shakespeare was married to Anne Hathaway, a farmer’s

daughter,whowaseightyearsolderthanhim.Theyhadthreechildren:

Susannaandthetwins,JudithandHamnet.HewenttoLondonin1586or1587,Atthattimethedramawasrapidlygainingpopularityamongthepeople. Shakespeare lived in an age when the old feudal social andeconomicorderwasbeingdestroyedandanewcapitalistwasbeingbornandwhenLondontookaleadingpartinthatdestructionandthatnewbirth.Whileleadingthebusylifeofanactor,Shakespeareworkedhardwithhispen.Herevisedoldplaysandwrotenewplays.

In1593and1594,hepublishedhistwonarrativepoemVenusandAdonisandTheRapeofLucrece.HisSonnetswereprintedin1609.Hisgeniusasapoetwon recognitionfrom hiscontemporaries.Shakespearethenwentoncreatingcareer.HediedonApril23,theanniversaryofhisbirth,in1616,andwasburiedinStratfordChurch.Hecreatedalotofworksinhislife: